A comeback for Purchase Democrats – or wishful thinking?
More excitement, more candidates, and even more signs – could a rebirth be happening?
Analysis
Articles that dig into an issue, policy, or story, and present relevant research and insights.
Long-time KY labor leader on union members and the election
Union members moving to Trump? He doesn’t think so.
School vouchers have a racist history, as well as troubling impacts on public schools
The voucher system came out of racist parents’ rejection of integrated schools in the ‘50s. It’s still hurting students.
A new kind of authoritarianism: democracy in decline at home and abroad
‘Future of Democracy’ faculty sound the alarm on threats to democracy with new research
What (really) happens if Trump wins?
Like Hitler, Trump has made clear his plan is Dictatorship, not Democracy
4 ways AI can be used and abused in the 2024 election
From deepfakes to foreign interference, here are techniques you need to be able to spot
Billionaire gives $5 million to PAC trying to sway Kentuckians to vote for school amendment
A wealthy out-of-state donor is funneling the money through Rand Paul’s PAC.
Project 2025’s magical thinking – four essential takeaways
I read the whole 922 pages; bottom line, it’s their way or the highway
A new Amendment 2 mailer, the same old misleading claims about what ballot measure would do
Lexington got blanketed this week with yet another mailer on Amendment 2, the ballot measure that would change the state Constitution to allow public school funding to go to private schools. But you’d never know it was about that: Once again, advocates are touting the lie that Amendment 2
Amendment 1: ‘Proactive’ or ploy to stir up anti-immigrant vote?
We’re actually being asked to change our constitution to prevent something that is already illegal.
More women are seeking sterilizations post-Dobbs, experts say
The uncertainty around reproductive rights and care is causing some of the uptick.
This time, the Open Records law worked as intended
It was interpreted objectively, free of politics, prejudice, and passion.
McConnell’s PAC pumps money into Kentucky legislative races. Beshear’s – not so much.
95 different Republicans got the max donation allowed this cycle from McConnell’s PAC.
Public attention can drive governments to take meaningful environmental actions
“Going viral” can make a difference, even with anti-environment governments.
Donald Trump by the numbers
Donald Trump habitually lies, but numbers do not lie. Trump supporters seem impervious to logic and reason, so I thought I’d let the numbers speak for themselves.
Women, are you ready for the Menstrual Police?
Think that title is over the top? Then listen as Bruce Maples lays out the threats facing women and their reproductive rights, especially if Trump and Vance win.
